Buckle.



G. H. PERRINE.

BUCKLE.

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Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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ATTORNEY AT'I l FTC.

GEORGE H. PERRINE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PERRINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in buckles adapted particularly for use in connection with garments, straps, suspenders and the like.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my object to provide a buckle embracing the desired features of simplicity, durability and facility of operation.

A further object is to provide a buckle in which I avoid the use of all complicated attachments, such as levers, pivoted tongues and the like, the buckle being preferably formed of one piece of metal, such as wire. By so constructing a buckle it may be manufactured economically from the standpoint of expenditure of time, labor and cost.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in all the views and Figure 1 is a View showing the strap having one of my buckles applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through a strap such as shown in Fig. 1, such view illustrating a preferred manner of rceving or looping the strap through the buckle; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View of one form of buckle, in this case the latter being formed of a single piece of wire bent into a preferred shape; Fi 4 is a sectional view through the buck e taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, and especially to Figs. 1 to 4: inclusive, wherein I have shown a buckle bent or formed from a single piece of wire, the letter A indicates the buckle as an entirety. The latter is formed by first preferably bending the wire approximately at its central point 5 so that a depression is formed therein. The wire is then bent or looped as at 6, 6 forming outer parallel. sides for the buckle. The wire is then again looped as at 7,7, with the inner parallel sides 8, 8, turned Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1908.

Patented Mar. *7, 1911. Serial No. 413,751.

inward and connected as at 9, 9, to the central portion 5 of the wire. From this arrangement it will be noted that the buckle comprises a pair of loops jointed or connected at one end and having an open slot or space 10 between the same.

In applying the buckle to the strap, so that it may be adjusted to any position to take up or pay out the body portion of the strap and at the same time will hold firmly in any adjusted position, the preferable way of applying the buckle is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The end of the strap a is first passed between one of the twin loops of the buckle (in Fig. 2 the upper loop) and thence down through the lower loop. The end of the strap is then doubled or looped back toward the main body portion thereof and such end is then simply slipped or passed through the open-ended slot or space 10, between the two loops of the buckle and then through the upper loop. One important feature and advantage of the open slot 10 is that it per mits the end of the strap to be passed or slipped easily, quickly, and freely into position between the twin loops. By pulling or tightening on the strap a the end of the strap portion inserted or lying in the open end space will be pulled through. the adjacent loop in the manner shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement a firm grip is obtained upon the strap by the buckle, so that the buckle will remain stationary and hold the strap in any position desired, yet when necessary, said buckle may be moved or adjusted easily and readily along the length of the strap, to shorten or lengthen the work ing portion of the strap.

By the use of the open-ended slot, with closed-ended loops on opposite sides of it connected at one end, a certain degree of springiness is obtained which will allow of the buckle adapting itself to different thick nesses of straps, while retaining its grip upon such straps. This springiness is especially evident in the buckles made of wire.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention, and while I have for the purposes of illustration shown it as applied to a strap, I do not wish to limit myself except as required by the scope of the appended claims to the precise details herein set forth, nor to the precise manner of using the same as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A buckle, made of a single piece of Wire bent to form a pair of parallel loops which are closed at both ends and connected at one end, the portion of said wire forming such connection being deflected to form shoulders disposed in the same plane as the loops, the ends of the wire arranged at about the middle of the buckle and spaced apart to form a slot open at one end, and the terminals of said ends connected to the loopconnecting portion and abutting against its shoulders, and said loops capable of yielding to accommodate different thicknesses of the article to which the buckle is applied.

2. A buckle, composed of a wire bent to form parallel loops which are closed at both esepss ends, the end-closing member at one side serving to connect the loops and having a central inwardly extending shouldered depression, the parallel loops arranged to form an intermediate slot open at one end, and closed at its other end by the said depressed portion, the ends of the wire forming the parallel walls of the slot and connected to the said centrally depressed portion and abutting against its shoulders.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. PERRINE.

Vitnesses R. B. CAVANAGH, T. E. HARDEN-BERGH, J r.

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